President Xi Jinping stresses promoting prosperity of service trade, early recovery of global economy |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 4 called for joint efforts to overcome difficulties to promote the development and prosperity of global trade in services and push for global economic recovery as early as possible.
Xi made the remarks (Full text or watch video) while addressing the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) via video, underlining the need to boost global cooperation amid challenges.
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PROPOSALS FOR COOPERATION
All countries should jointly foster an open and inclusive environment for cooperation. China will stay committed to further opening up, with measures including the establishment of a sound negative list management system in cross-border service trade, and the advancement of constructing open platforms for piloting innovative development of trade in services. The country will also continue to ease market access in the service sector and actively expand imports of quality services.
All countries should work together to invigorate momentum for cooperation driven by innovation. China will work with all countries in enhancing the protection of intellectual property rights and actively promote the development of digital economy and sharing economy.
Joint efforts should be made to break new ground in win-win cooperation. All countries should strengthen coordination in their development of trade in services, innovate the ways of cooperation, deepen the areas of cooperation and seek to maximize common interests in development.
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BEIJING'S SPEARHEADING ROLE |
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President Xi pledged support to better leverage Beijing's role in spearheading the opening-up of China's service sector. A pilot free trade zone characterizing scientific and technological innovation, opening-up of the service sector, and digital economy will be established in Beijing. It will serve as a platform of high-standard opening-up for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. (Xinhua)
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President Xi: Party, people will never be divided |
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3.
Underscoring five "never-allow" scenarios, President Xi said that the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation must count on the leadership of the Communist Party of China, put people first and steadfastly follow the path of peaceful development.
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The Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force to distort the history of the CPC or smear the Party's nature and mission.
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The Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force to distort and alter the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, or deny and vilify the great achievements the Chinese people have made in building socialism.
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The Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force to separate the CPC from the Chinese people or counterpose the Party to the Chinese people.
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The Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force to impose their will on China through bullying, change China's direction of progress, or obstruct the Chinese people's efforts to create a better life.
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The Chinese people will never allow any individual or any force to jeopardize their peaceful life and right to development, obstruct their exchanges and cooperation with other peoples, or undermine the noble cause of peace and development for humanity.
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Consul General Zhang Ping on Twitter
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"This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression & the World Anti-Fascist War. As we commemorate this anniversary, it is important that we draw a lesson from history and make greater effort to promote world peace & harmony. |
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Being the country that suffered a tremendous loss during the war, the Chinese people know how precious it is to live a peaceful life. We are determined to safeguard peace and the right to development and will stay firmly on the path of peaceful development. We will carry forward the great spirit of resisting aggression to strive for national rejuvenation." |
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China proposes Global Initiative on Data Security |
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During the first International Seminar on Global Digital Governance held in Beijing on September 8, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China would like to propose the 'Global Initiative on Data Security' to respond to new issues and challenges emerging in the field of data security and contribute to global digital governance.
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The phenomenal development of information technology revolution and digital economy is transforming the way of production and life, exerting far-reaching influence over social and economic development of States, global governance system and human civilization.
The explosive growth and aggregation of data, as a key element of digital technology, has played a crucial role in facilitating innovative development and reshaping people's lives, bearing on security and economic and social development of States.
In the context of closer global cooperation and new development of international division of labor, maintaining supply chain security of ICT products and services has never become more important for boosting users' confidence, ensuring data security and promoting digital economy.
We call on all States to put equal emphasis on development and security, and take a balanced approach to technological progress, economic development and protection of national security and public interests.
We reaffirm that States should foster an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for mutual benefit, win-win outcomes and common development. At the same time, States have the responsibility and right to ensure the security of important data and personal information bearing on their national security, public security, economic security and social stability.
We welcome governments, international organizations, ICT companies, technology communities, civil organizations, individuals and all other actors to make concerted efforts to promote data security under the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.
We underscore that all parties should step up dialogue and cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, and join hands to forge a community with a shared future in cyberspace featuring peace, security, openness, cooperation and order. To make this happen, we would like to suggest the following:
- -States should handle data security in a comprehensive, objective and evidence-based manner, and maintain an open, secure and stable supply chain of global ICT products and services.
- -States should stand against ICT activities that impair or steal important data of other States' critical infrastructure, or use the data to conduct activities that undermine other States' national security and public interests.
- -States should take actions to prevent and put an end to activities that jeopardize personal information through the use of ICTs, and oppose mass surveillance against other States and unauthorized collection of personal information of other States with ICTs as a tool.
- -States should encourage companies to abide by laws and regulations of the State where they operate. States should not request domestic companies to store data generated and obtained overseas in their own territory.
- -States should respect the sovereignty, jurisdiction and governance of data of other States, and shall not obtain data located in other States through companies or individuals without other States' permission.
- -Should States need to obtain overseas data out of law enforcement requirement such as combating crimes, they should do it through judicial assistance or other relevant multilateral and bilateral agreements. Any bilateral data access agreement between two States should not infringe upon the judicial sovereignty and data security of a third State.
- -ICT products and services providers should not install backdoors in their products and services to illegally obtain users' data, control or manipulate users' systems and devices.
- -ICT companies should not seek illegitimate interests by taking advantage of users' dependence on their products, nor force users to upgrade their systems and devices. Products providers should make a commitment to notifying their cooperation partners and users of serious vulnerabilities in their products in a timely fashion and offering remedies.
We call on all States to support this initiative, and confirm the aforementioned commitments through bilateral, regional and international agreements. We also welcome global ICT companies to support this initiative.
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Notice on Mandatory COVID-19 Negative Certificates for China-bound Passengers Before Boarding |
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According to the announcement of the Civil Aviation Administration, the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on July 20 and the latest guidelines of the Chinese government, all passengers who are to fly directly from United States to China will be required to provide a certificate of negative Covid-19 nucleic acid test result issued within three days before boarding, starting from September 15, 2020. The details are as follows:
1. Foreign citizens who are to take a direct flight from the United States to China should take Covid-19 nucleic acid tests and provide a certificate of negative test result issued within three days before boarding. For instance, if a passenger is to board on October 10, the issuance date of the certificate should be between October 7 and 10.
The negative certificate needs to be emailed or submitted to the Chinese Embassy or Consulates General in the U.S. according to the consular jurisdiction that the testing facility belongs to (map, consular jurisdiction of the Consulate-General in Houston) once it is issued (no later than 24 hours before boarding in the U.S.), along with the scanned copy of the valid passport information page and the signed health declaration (see the attachment below the notice).
Embassy in the United States: embchn@gmail.com
(temporarily taken over the work of the Consulate-General in Houston)
Consulate General in New York: cnnyhdf@gmail.com
Consulate General in San Francisco: health.sfconsulate@gmail.com
Consulate General in Los Angeles: Please click here to submit online
Consulate General in Chicago: 12308chicago@gmail.com
It usually takes one business day to process the health declaration. If the certificate submitted needs to be verified with the issuing agency, the processing time will be extended accordingly. After approval, the scanned copy of the health declaration will be emailed back to the passenger and needs to be printed out and carried throughout the journey. The health declaration is valid through the third day after the issuance date of the nucleic acid test certificate. Passengers are advised to travel before it expires and be prepared for checking by the airlines before boarding.
2. Foreign citizens who are to fly from the U.S. to China and transit in a third country or region shall follow the requirements stated in the notice on August 12. However, starting from September 15, the Covid-19 nucleic acid tests should be taken within THREE days before boarding in the transit country. For instance, if a passenger is to board on October 10, the issuance date of the negative certificate should be between October 7 and 10.
3. Foreign citizens who are to transit in the U.S. before flying to China shall present to the airlines a Health Declaration Form, which shall be verified by the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the country of departure.
4. Foreign citizens are advised to confirm with an eligible institution or hospital on the issuing date of the negative report before scheduling a trip. The Chinese Embassy and Consulates General have not designated specific institutions to perform the nucleic acid test. Test result certificates issued by eligible medical or testing institutions are currently accepted. At present, only Covid-19 nucleic acid RT-PCR Test negative report is accepted, antibody test or serology test result is not accepted.
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